Sharif Hashmani, Irshad Haider, Mohammed Ali Khan.
Phacoemulsification results and complications during the learning curve.
Pak J Ophthalmol Jan ;13(2):32-6.

Small incision cataract surgery allows for early rehabilitation of patients and improved control of postoperative astigmatism 1. Even in good training centres, the initial complications for the first 100 cases range from high to fairly high2. This paper deals with the visual outcome and complications that occurred in our first 150 cases and how they could have been minimised. 121 patients regained visual acuity of 6/12 or better without any correction. Only 13 patients required correction. The astigmatism was noticeably very low and the required astigmatic correction was in the order of +/- 0.75 D cyl. 12 patients had posterior capsular rupture and 8 patients developed corneal oedema. Dislocation of the nucleus occurred in one case. There was a rise of intraocular pressure in one of the cases and, therefore, intraocular lens placement was aborted.

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